by Collectif | 9 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
On 14 March 2015, 40 year-old Jenny collapsed with pain. “She felt pins and needles in her legs” – a condition diagnosed by her doctor as “Guillain-Barre syndrome”. He wrote a letter to the hospital that Jenny would attend,...
by Collectif | 2 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
Tetraplegic for thirty-three years since a “devastating stroke”, Maryannick Pavageau “has a natural authority, an air of sympathy which immediately eliminates any feeling of compassion or pity”. This wife and mother ” has succeeded...
by Collectif | 2 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
Caught on the border between Thailand and Laos with bottles of sperm stored in a nitrogen tank, a trafficker was fined for violation of the law banning the export of reproductive tissue. According to one official, ” [it’s] the 13th time he has...
by Collectif | 2 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | End of life
In Italy, the Chamber of Deputies has just adopted “biological will” legislation. The law allows any adult to draft or record a video of anticipated provisions in which he/she specifies his/her end-of-life wishes. These wishes can be revised and...
by Collectif | 2 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | MAP – Surrogacy
The European Court of Human Rights must rule on the refusal of the German authorities to accept “recognition of double motherhood arising from ‘shared motherhood’ ” in a civil partnership agreement between two women. The issue of...
by Collectif | 2 May, 2017 | Bioethics press synthesis | Prenatal diagnosis
In Ontario, the Government fully reimburses non-invasive pre-natal screening tests (NIPS) for Down syndrome in the case of “high risk” patients. In Quebec, however, couples pay for their own NIPS test. It costs approximately $500. The Health Minister is...